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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1925
Page
2
A column of playful quotations and musings contrasts daily life with cosmic scale. The piece ponders mysterious origins of things while noting vast distances above and around us, joking about manners in a small town and the quirks of money borrowing.
Campaign expenses in Connecticut mimic candy and cigar costs, while candidates dabble in real estate and mud baths. Stephen Leacock’s quip on literature as money’s craft echoes in how fathers classify their sons’ letters.
A satirical note on party snapshots and social mores. It mocks how a girl’s appearance dominates photo targets and suggests broadminded boasting in social gatherings. Wry lines imply dating aims and flirting as humorous social currency.
A humorous, fragmented exchange features Mrs Ragson Tatters angry at an insurer over piano seating. Ragson calmly claims others cannot play while he sits there. A stray inquiry muses about cattle at the stock exchange and a joke about wealth and stinginess.
A compact collection of wry quips about honesty insurance fashion and money. The piece riffs on urban life in New York with playful turns of phrase about straphangers irrigation electricity and social norms. A humor piece highlighting contrasts and clever wordplay.
Elites explode for nine first inning runs with Crank pitching 12 strikeouts and solid defense including three double plays. Unruh makes running catch in right center and Bugs Lotz posts three singles. Next game May 10 at Calumet Park against South Chicago Whales. practice times set at Riverdale. Ends with light closing quip about proposals and vanity.
A London bride, living at house 13, wed on October 13 as 13 children attended the ceremony. The reception followed at 18 Mansfield Street, according to local reports.
Dolton Riverdale Chapter plans a film night at Dolton theatre on May 21 to showcase American wildlife and explain the League’s aim. The national president will speak briefly on the organization and its outdoors preservation mission for current and future generations.
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